2006 New York Code - Just compensation for taking private property; private roads; drainage of agricultural lands.

 
    §  7.  (a)  Private property shall not be taken for public use without
  just compensation.
    (c) Private roads may be opened in the manner to be prescribed by law;
  but in every case the necessity of the road and the amount of all damage
  to be sustained by the opening thereof shall be first  determined  by  a
  jury  of freeholders, and such amount, together with the expenses of the
  proceedings, shall be paid by the person to be benefited.
    (d) The use of property for the  drainage  of  swamp  or  agricultural
  lands  is  declared  to  be a public use, and general laws may be passed
  permitting the owners or occupants of swamp  or  agricultural  lands  to
  construct  and  maintain  for  the  drainage  thereof, necessary drains,
  ditches and dykes upon the lands of others, under  proper  restrictions,
  on  making  just  compensation,  and such compensation together with the
  cost of such drainage may be assessed, wholly  or  partly,  against  any
  property  benefited  thereby;  but  no special laws shall be enacted for
  such purposes.